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Google's video codec VP9 at the beginning of 2014 received the necessary hardware support that will help him further in conquering the market. All major manufacturers will soon add support for VP9 codec. Among others these are ARM, Broadcom, Intel, LG, Marvell, MediaTek, Nvidia, Panasonic, Philips, Qualcomm, RealTek, Samsung, Sigma, Sharp, Sony and Toshiba. So far, the codec was supported mainly on Web browsers Chrome and Firefox, and some video players.

On several occasions we had the opportunity to hear that the next Samsung flagship smartphone will be launched earlier than expected. Information is now somewhat confirmed by the head of Samsung's design team.

According to data from the Finnish telecom operator DNA, the device from the Finnish company Jolla that uses the open-source operating system Sailfish is currently the fifth best-selling smart phone in Finland. The device by sales surpassed Apple's iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C.

Blizzard has unexpectedly delayed the start of the second season of beta testing of their newest game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. According to the information from the Battle.net, a delay is due to new technical problems which were discovered during recent maintenance.